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QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Dec 27, 2005 -> 06:14 PM) 1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois 2. Sigur Ros - Takk 3. Sleater Kinney - The Woods (might be 04 but I found it this year so I'm counting it) 4. various artists - This Bird Has Flown 5. Zita Swoon - A songs about A girl naw man sleater kinney was 05, i totally forgot about that...the first song on that album was great

QUOTE(timotime @ Dec 27, 2005 -> 03:17 PM) if you are addicted, get some help, see a doctor. please dont even try to say its hard to get help for alcohalism, because its easy. you could even get hypnotized- i personally know two people that worked for. dont complain unless you are willing to help yourself. it's their house, so they can keep whatever they want in the fridge. you have to be willing to help yourself if you want to be helped.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Dec 27, 2005 -> 03:56 PM) So now you get why I asked? What about the winterspring©? An extra half hour to bring the temp at the cell a few more degrees below freezing? i'm not sure why i quoted you...uhhh... anyways, i think this is fine, means traffic will be half an hour lighter

QUOTE(Spiff @ Dec 27, 2005 -> 03:47 PM) Not as big a year for my kind of stuff as last year but there were still some great ones. 10. Dane Cook - Retaliation 9. Dog Traders - A Panic in a Pagoda 8. Minus the Bear - Menos el Oso 7. Comeback Kid - Wake the Dead 6. Millencolin - Kingwood 5. Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust 4. Alkaline Trio - Crimson 3. Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This to Memory 2. A Wilhelm Scream - Ruiner 1. Pelican - The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw i liked pelican too, didn't realize it was an 05

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Dec 27, 2005 -> 04:45 PM) Whatever problems he presents, Manny is still one of the top 5 hitters in baseball. He can have a monstrous impact on a team's lineup. For all the talk about him being a team cancer, he's been on an awful lot of winning teams in Cleveland and Boston that didn't always have great pitching, and he's a major part of that. His antics have to reach T.O. levels to really decrease his value. The Red Sox almost certainly would eat at least some of his money, in fact they almost have to. If you can get Manny for $15 mil a year for 3 years, you're getting a hell of a player. Even when he is pissed off he still hits better than 99% of the league. On the other hand, Prior is a guy that has not pitched a full season yet in his major league career. Two of his injuries were a bit of a fluke, but he still had an achilles problem and his elbow was acting up earlier this year. He hasn't exactly pitched up to his talent in the last few years and it seems that he is regressing a bit (although injuries might play a role). Manny has a lot more value to his team than Prior does right now. If Prior were such a sought after pitcher that was going to put up Cy Young numbers for the next few years, he'd already be in Baltimore. He has the talent to do it, but it is far from a certainty with him at this point. You're still taking a risk with Prior in terms of his performance, whereas the only risk with Manny is team chemistry, something you're not too likely to worry about when you haven't won the division in that long a time. One pitcher doesn't make a pitching staff, so Manny would almost certainly have a bigger impact in Baltimore, since the O's would still be at least 2 good pitcher short of having a playoff-caliber rotation. his contract would be gone too

i think we should change the term lastest in the title to latest...

QUOTE(hi8is @ Dec 26, 2005 -> 07:00 AM) ill be 23 in 2 weeks haha, sorry, that's f'n terrible, did the rest of the day go smoother?

QUOTE(hi8is @ Dec 26, 2005 -> 06:19 AM) my parents kicked me out at 1:00pm on christmas day because i had a 2 ounce cup of wine... in-f***ing sane sympathy thread heh lifes just f***ing insane. are you underage?

blow dart gun (haha, awesome inside joke but its sweet to play with) ugly shirts nice shoes nice sox nice boxers...actually they are like 10 for 3 dollars but that's how i rolllllll white sox galore digital camera, i guess it was only 50 bucks so rock on my ipod broke. so -1 gift. $ a back massager ( i get back spasms) uhhh, i tunes card, external 150 gb hard drive

i was awesomely suprised, i had to wait for all my sox stuff for christmas because my mom needs ideas...haha, anyhoo- Sox Pride DVD - a lil disappointing WS DVD WS Champs hat White sox WS champs hat White sox shot glass, world series style white sox tree ornament... white sox framed collage picture that's it...awesome thou

we open christmas, but my mom got be a white sox ornament...

i liked sin city.

come on, this is no more crackpot than any sam smith article...i mean...tribune loves crackpot deals!

QUOTE(Adam G @ Dec 24, 2005 -> 04:34 PM) Was Eaton in the same contract situation? i'm fairly confident that eaton is also a free agent post this year

i realize there is some fight going on but this is directed to the bears were picked to finish last in division... we were also picked to be last in the league...which would have been fun to go after reggie bush(hell, i'd pick him no matter what) but obviously would have been a painful year. Then again, after the white sox winning, i wouldn't have really cared..of course, i do care...but still...less immediacy, i don't wanna be too greedy you konw

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Dec 23, 2005 -> 10:57 PM) He was drafted out of high school. Basically he was a consensus as the best player to ever come out of Canada (highest drafted Canadian). The O's ended up totally low balling him (scouts loved this kid and immediately thought super star potential). He ended up going to JC and turned into a draft and follow and the O's signed him hr's before the deadline (when he would have re-entered the draft in 2003) to a major league deal (got a good signing bonus too, something in the upper 4's, maybe even low 5's). awesome, no further questions your honor

QUOTE(bmags @ Dec 23, 2005 -> 10:31 PM) alright folks, lets do our top 2005 albums...! i'll post mine soon, and prepare for ridicule. I know there was now excellent album this year, but i thought there was many good albums...i really liked a lot. 30. Thunderbirds are Now! - Justamustache 29. Spoon - Gimme Fiction 28. The Constantines - Tournament of Hearts 27. Fiery Furnaces - EP 26. Common - Be 25. Vashti Bunyan-Lookaftering 24. Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins 23. Sigor Ros - Takk 22. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock and Roll 21. Jackie-O Motherf***er - Flags of the Sacred Harp 20. Patrick Wolf - The Wind in the Wires 19. Stars - Set Yourself on Fire 18. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain 17. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have it SO much better 16. The National - Alligator 15. Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase 14. Cloud Cult - Advice from the Happy Hippo 13. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm 12. M.I.A. - Arular 11. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary 10. Broken Social Scene - S/T 09. Gang Gang Dance - God's Money 08. The Decemberists - Picaresque 07. Antony and the Johnsons - I am a Bird Now 06. Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Prod of eggs 05. Bright Eyes - I'm wide awake 04. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema 03. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy 02. Animal Collective - Feels 01. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Dec 23, 2005 -> 10:46 PM) Not bad, you get yourself a package like Loewen, Bedard, and than a major league reliever and I could live. I think we could do better, but I'll admit that I think if healthy both Loewen and Bedard are good pitchers. Loewen has some filthy stuff but is still raw. He's had control problems but made some strides and can flat out blow away people. i'm guessing he was out of high school?

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Dec 23, 2005 -> 10:30 PM) Loewen is a lefty who seems to have massive control problems. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/L/adam-loewen.shtml I do like that KW is trying to collect a bunch of lefties for Garland. loewen was their former 1st round pick from canada correct?

alright folks, lets do our top 2005 albums...! i'll post mine soon, and prepare for ridicule. I know there was now excellent album this year, but i thought there was many good albums...i really liked a lot.

that's cool for future DVDs...but dag nabbit thats the only premium channel i don't have...and my parents pay for it so i'm not gonna ask

there wasn't any racial remarks in this thread... edit...haha, i just watched the music video hahaha

i have a question about this bedard fellow, its the first i've heard of him, whats he like?

could we get a link

QUOTE(Mercy! @ Dec 23, 2005 -> 06:09 AM) that's really clever